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John 19:41

What does John 19:41 mean?

A plain-English look at John 19:41 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What John 19:41 means

In the immediate vicinity of where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden containing a new tomb. This tomb had never been used before. The detail of a new, unused tomb is significant, as it ensures that no other body could be confused with Jesus', ruling out any doubt about whose body would later be resurrected. This private, honorable resting place for Jesus fulfills the prophecy in Isaiah 53:9, which states a rich man would be with him in his death.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new tomb wherein was never man yet laid.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new tomb wherein was never man yet laid.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Now there was a garden near the cross, and in the garden a new place for the dead in which no man had ever been put.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and there was in the place where he was crucified a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one was yet laid;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Now there was in the place where he was crucified a garden: and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein no man yet had been laid.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

But there was in the place where he had been crucified a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid.

Context

This verse describes the location and state of the tomb where Jesus would be laid, immediately following the preparation of His body. The details of the new, unused tomb within a garden near Golgotha are crucial, as they underscore the unique nature of Jesus' burial. This setting directly precedes the final placement of Jesus' body in this tomb, emphasizing the immediate and convenient solution given the timing.

v.40So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.

v.41This passage

v.42There then because of the Jews’ Preparation (for the tomb was nigh at hand) they laid Jesus.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • John 20:15

    Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou hast borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.

  • 2 Kings 23:30

    And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.

  • Matthew 27:60

    and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.

  • Luke 23:53

    And he took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was hewn in stone, where never man had yet lain.

  • Matthew 27:64

    Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest haply his disciples come and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.

  • Isaiah 22:16

    What doest thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre? hewing him out a sepulchre on high, graving a habitation for himself in the rock!

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